WalMan

My prog rig: Roland PK5 pedals > Roland A300 > Dave Smith Industries MoPho

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1401740075' post='2466455'] How's this going to differ from the usual format? We'll plug this at the Herts Bash too and hope that we can raise the numbers too... [/quote]It'll be a much smaller affair. It's a little country village hall that you could probably fit into the main hall at the SE Bash a couple of times over Just wondering Nik, will the cricket season be over by then or might it be out as a venue ... and will be getting a visit from Grouty's boys up the road if we make too much noise!?

I really should log in / come back more regularly!! See you there 01. Silverfoxnik 02. JapanAxe 03. KiOgon 04. kristinaelias 05. WalMan 06 07. 08. 09 10.

Another fun night of prog @ The Holbrook Club along with hAND, but some [b][u][i]REALLY[/i][/u][/b] wierd gremlins. MIDI cable between the bass pedals & keyboard came loose during the first set. All the cables were neat & tight to start with and I was hardly rocking the keyboard like Jon Lord or Keith Emerson Then at the end of the second set for no obvious reason between the end of Day for Night & Roundabout the second stage input gain pot on the Streamliner got turned from 12 o'clock to off. So the bass went and I could not see why in the panic of wondering WTF!!!? That pot is relatively inaccessible to accidental adjustment and nothing else changed so HOW THE #### DID THAT HAPPEN!? Spent most of Roundabout trying to work out what had happened & ended up plugginf the amp DI XLR into the Wal, which got something going, though I could not hear what I was playing an nbothing was coming through the monitors

[quote name='Gary Williams' timestamp='1399373940' post='2443494'] I use the Ernie Ball straplocks on the Duostrap and they squeezed on just about.... [/quote]Oh dear more expense. Sorry to divert this thread further re the use of the Duo, but do you swap it around basses & is so how much of a faff is resetting for each one? Last slightly OTQ I promise!!

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1399317888' post='2443118'] Would still like to see Epsilon sometime, ever get beyond Watford gap? [/quote]Would love to mate. LA on Saturday was the first time we've played more than 5 miles outside Horsham since I joined Would have been nice to have a few more bodies in the venue, but it wasn't too bad & response was generally favourable. Good thing is the chap who is there for most every gig & does photos & multicam vids. His pics are really good and the vids aren't too bad either

[quote name='Gary Williams' timestamp='1399217353' post='2442154'] Thanks Walman - I got pretty good results with the (cheaper neoprene not leather) Duo strap but had to do a bit of research. I didn't want to drill another strap button onto the back of my basses so I was left with the remaining option of using the canvas strap that stretches between the 2 strap buttons on the bass (left to right) and use the leather loop to support the right shoulder strap. This canvas strap was a so flimsy it felt quite loose so I ordered the leather version of this strap from BassGear in the UK for £8 or something (which comes as standard with the more expensive leather Duostrap) and this made this left to right support much more rigid so I got a usable setup with this strap. I did struggle getting more weight onto the right shoulder strap than the left shoulder strap without the bass shifting sideways into an unnatural playing position.... But to anyone who bought the cheaper Neoprene version of the Duostrap, I highly recommend to upgrade to the leather version of this "left to right" strap. BassGear stock these and as I said, only £8 or so. [/quote]Bugger I ordered the nylon strap with it rather than the leather as I thought that the strap locks I use wouldn't fit the leather verson May have to go back to Dunlops to fit

... And the evidence from the night of prog in General Henry's, LA (that's Lil'Ampton to you mate) Epsilon - Time (Pink Floyd) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptxnsC24UR4

Got one of those stands for the prog gig to put a guitar on. Not entirely sure I'd want the bass to be on it, but it looks safe enough in your pics. Just ordered a Duo strap & hoping I can get more comfortable than with the Slider I used 7 or 8 years ago before the shoulder replacement. Seeing the rheumatologist later this month for the half yearly check & will hopefully get the results of the MRI on my lower back, but I fear that the shoulder replacement is eroding the bone around it so hopefully the Duo will work better than the Slider for playing position and will be back to full gig fitness!!

Not been on with a report for a while (not been on much at all recently) Then again there's not been much to report. Only just back from a gig that is 2 mins from home ... I suspect te others who had hour plus drives were in before me - that'll be something to do with being sent by 'er indoors to collect #2 son from the station and drop him home before getting to crack down the reeeeeediculous amount of gear I took. Wal, BF Super12T & GB Streamliner was the easy bit. It was the bass pedals & synth & keyboard, guitar with piezos and a normally good acoustic model split out between the model, and a PODxT and sub mixer for all that stuff that took forever ... and after all that the guitar that had sounded great at soundcheck went technical on me when it came to be used. Still a danm fine night of prog was had & it sounded pretty good from where I was. Floyd, Genesis, Yes, Asia, UK, Porcupine Tree, Spocks Beard, Rush & others I forget, and it went down pretty well. Got a bit lost on one song we've not played in a while, but I think we got away with it. Now what I have to do after the shower is order a GruvGear double strap as my replaced shoulder is/was REALLY giving me gyp after two hours with the Wal. There should be photos & video to follow. Hopefully that won't make me change my view of how the night went! I ruddy love a prog workout me

PROG ALERT!! A bit late in the day, but tonight my proggy covers lot will be at The General Henry, Littlehampton, and the ludicrous bass pit will be in action (hopefully if I can get it all linked up and working!!) Bass, bass synth & pedals, skinny guitar on a stick, PODxt. You name it. I'll be setting it up...well perhaps not the last, but I think I'm gonna need a bigger bit of floorspace than usual. [url="https://www.facebook.com/events/216974218511559"]FB event[/url]

Surely not! Cheers. It's sort of a repeat of last years birthday gig I think, which was heaving on the night & various people got up & did a bit - not sure if this year will be a repeat on that front or not. I was almost stuffed in my plans to go away as the place we normally stay at was fully booked and there seemed to be something on that weekend that meant that any rooms were scarce, but I shall definitely be away nw as we managed to book the last room somewhere else nearby last night

No I'm Al. Kev left @ Christmas

Said I would put this about for a band I work with but can't on 9 May as I am 99.9% certain to be at the other end of the country seeing #1 son before he ships out for a third tour of the sandbox. So anyway, the band is Raw Deal and they do mainly rock covers. Bits of Lizzy, Dire Straits, Who, etc.. Pretty standard stuff. The gigs at the Elms in Worthing. Pretty standard pub money I think. If you're up for it and can get me / them out of a hole, drop me a PM. EDIT: It might actually be 10/5 as I see another band I know mentioned gigging @ The Elms on 9/5 on FB earlier today.

[quote name='PauBass' timestamp='1397052650' post='2420156'] Original post and thread title edited, now updated with all the info and my experience. [/quote]Ah haaaaa. I thought I'd gone mad & missed the name in the title for a mo

[quote name='PauBass' timestamp='1396879222' post='2418265']OOPS![/quote] well there you go then; and [quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1396880089' post='2418282']In which case they definitely have the right dimensions for a super twin, the cover on mine downstairs is proof of that![/quote] ditto.

I [i]think[/i] I have all of them? Would need to check but I know I subscribed and think they are all boxed up as I could never bring myself to chuck them - it was enough of a wrench to trow away boxes of Guitarist, International Musician & Sounds International!! I do have someone local interested, but they are more interested in the BP mags, so we might be able to sort something

I take it this is not Roqsolid? They have stock dimensions from Alex I believe and do a good cover as well as being helpful & quick - they designed and built a cover for my bass pedals from initial email, followed by a swift exchange re dimensions & requirements, to delivery in about 10 days. Get your money back and try them - unless it is them in which case OOPS!

Just in case people don't get down as far as 'Recycling' in the 'For Sale' section I am having a clearout at home and a LARGE collection of BGM, its predecessor & Bass Player magazines will be heading to the dump in the next couple of weeks if no one wants them. It seems a shame to do that, but needs must. The collections run pretty much from issue 1 of BGM until I let the sub lapse a year or so ago. Bass Player covers a similar sort of timescale and I think I have most of the BGM predecessor. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/233418-bgm-bass-player-other-bass-mags/"]Thread here[/url]

Tried one in GAK last w/e. Couldn't get it to a light dist sound. It seemed to be either 'sound like Billy' whatever I set it to, or off. So a bit 'meh' for me on the tryout I had and I could not justify to cost for what I want.

A DSI MoPho, using the EBS Microbass II as a mixer.